Paracas weather in May

In May, Paracas sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Paracas's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paracas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:21 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 5th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

← April Paracas year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical May day in Paracas reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20
Avg low (°C)	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	19
2	22	19
3	22	18
4	22	18
5	22	18
6	22	18
7	22	18
8	22	18
9	22	18
10	22	18
11	22	18
12	21	18
13	21	18
14	21	18
15	21	18
16	21	18
17	21	18
18	21	18
19	21	17
20	21	17
21	21	17
22	21	17
23	21	17
24	21	17
25	21	17
26	21	17
27	21	17
28	21	17
29	21	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

Paracas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 21°	4	1	12.7	8.1
Feb	25° / 22°	4	1.4	12.5	7.8
Mar	25° / 21°	3	0.8	12.1	8.0
Apr	23° / 20°	1	0.3	11.7	8.6
May	21° / 18°	0	0	11.4	8.7
Jun	20° / 16°	0	0	11.2	8.4
Jul	19° / 15°	0	0	11.3	8.4
Aug	19° / 15°	0	0	11.5	8.4
Sep	19° / 15°	0	0	11.9	8.3
Oct	20° / 16°	0	0	12.3	8.1
Nov	21° / 17°	0	0	12.6	8.1
Dec	23° / 19°	1	0.2	12.8	8.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	87	87	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84
Cloudier (%)	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Paracas gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	14	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	30	32	34	36	38	41	43	45	47	49	51
Humid (%)	86	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	85	83	82	82	80	80	78	77	75	74	72	70	68	66	64	63	61	58	56	54	52	50	48
Muggy (%)	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	86	12
2	2	87	11
3	3	87	10
4	4	87	9
5	4	87	9
6	5	87	8
7	6	86	8
8	7	86	7
9	8	85	7
10	10	83	7
11	11	82	7
12	12	82	6
13	14	80	6
14	15	80	5
15	17	78	5
16	19	77	4
17	21	75	4
18	23	74	3
19	25	72	3
20	27	70	3
21	30	68	2
22	32	66	2
23	34	64	2
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	41	58	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	50	1
31	51	48	1

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
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16	15	light breeze
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18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
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25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:17	5:48
2	11.5	6:17	5:47
3	11.5	6:17	5:47
4	11.5	6:18	5:46
5	11.5	6:18	5:46
6	11.5	6:18	5:45
7	11.4	6:18	5:45
8	11.4	6:18	5:45
9	11.4	6:19	5:44
10	11.4	6:19	5:44
11	11.4	6:19	5:44
12	11.4	6:19	5:43
13	11.4	6:20	5:43
14	11.4	6:20	5:43
15	11.4	6:20	5:42
16	11.4	6:21	5:42
17	11.4	6:21	5:42
18	11.3	6:21	5:42
19	11.3	6:21	5:41
20	11.3	6:22	5:41
21	11.3	6:22	5:41
22	11.3	6:22	5:41
23	11.3	6:23	5:41
24	11.3	6:23	5:41
25	11.3	6:23	5:40
26	11.3	6:23	5:40
27	11.3	6:24	5:40
28	11.3	6:24	5:40
29	11.3	6:24	5:40
30	11.3	6:25	5:40
31	11.2	6:25	5:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Paracas?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Paracas for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Paracas in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Paracas sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 18°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Paracas in May

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in September near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 11 to Mar 22 — about 2.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	19
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Paracas in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paracas peaks around February 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	13	12	9	8	8	10	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Paracas?

Paracas sits at 13.9°S, 76.3°W, 0 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Pisco, 19 km away.

Topography around Paracas

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Paracas.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paracas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 504 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,211 m.

The land around Paracas is covered by bare terrain (74%) and water (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (60%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (49%) and water (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

111 m

bare terrain 74%

16 km

504 m

bare terrain 60%

80 km

3,211 m

bare terrain 49%

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← April Paracas year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Pisco 19 km · San Clemente 26 km · Chincha Alta 53 km · Ica 62 km · Nuevo Imperial 88 km · San Vicente de Cañete 89 km · Imperial 90 km · Mala 140 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Paracas (-13.8667°, -76.2667°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	19
2	22	19
3	22	18
4	22	18
5	22	18
6	22	18
7	22	18
8	22	18
9	22	18
10	22	18
11	22	18
12	21	18
13	21	18
14	21	18
15	21	18
16	21	18
17	21	18
18	21	18
19	21	17
20	21	17
21	21	17
22	21	17
23	21	17
24	21	17
25	21	17
26	21	17
27	21	17
28	21	17
29	21	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	86	12
2	2	87	11
3	3	87	10
4	4	87	9
5	4	87	9
6	5	87	8
7	6	86	8
8	7	86	7
9	8	85	7
10	10	83	7
11	11	82	7
12	12	82	6
13	14	80	6
14	15	80	5
15	17	78	5
16	19	77	4
17	21	75	4
18	23	74	3
19	25	72	3
20	27	70	3
21	30	68	2
22	32	66	2
23	34	64	2
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	41	58	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	50	1
31	51	48	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	19
2	22	19
3	22	18
4	22	18
5	22	18
6	22	18
7	22	18
8	22	18
9	22	18
10	22	18
11	22	18
12	21	18
13	21	18
14	21	18
15	21	18
16	21	18
17	21	18
18	21	18
19	21	17
20	21	17
21	21	17
22	21	17
23	21	17
24	21	17
25	21	17
26	21	17
27	21	17
28	21	17
29	21	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	86	12
2	2	87	11
3	3	87	10
4	4	87	9
5	4	87	9
6	5	87	8
7	6	86	8
8	7	86	7
9	8	85	7
10	10	83	7
11	11	82	7
12	12	82	6
13	14	80	6
14	15	80	5
15	17	78	5
16	19	77	4
17	21	75	4
18	23	74	3
19	25	72	3
20	27	70	3
21	30	68	2
22	32	66	2
23	34	64	2
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	41	58	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	50	1
31	51	48	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	19
2	22	19
3	22	18
4	22	18
5	22	18
6	22	18
7	22	18
8	22	18
9	22	18
10	22	18
11	22	18
12	21	18
13	21	18
14	21	18
15	21	18
16	21	18
17	21	18
18	21	18
19	21	17
20	21	17
21	21	17
22	21	17
23	21	17
24	21	17
25	21	17
26	21	17
27	21	17
28	21	17
29	21	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	86	12
2	2	87	11
3	3	87	10
4	4	87	9
5	4	87	9
6	5	87	8
7	6	86	8
8	7	86	7
9	8	85	7
10	10	83	7
11	11	82	7
12	12	82	6
13	14	80	6
14	15	80	5
15	17	78	5
16	19	77	4
17	21	75	4
18	23	74	3
19	25	72	3
20	27	70	3
21	30	68	2
22	32	66	2
23	34	64	2
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	41	58	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	50	1
31	51	48	1